Rail-supporting device.



PANN-TED AUG. zo', `19o?.

. J. w'. GAR'MWAY. RAIL SUPPORTING DEyIcE.'

APPLIOATIOH IILIIID APB. `13. 1,007.

wi h1 cocco will enable others skilled in the art to JOHN W. CARRAWAY, OF ST; JAMES OI'llY. FLORIDA.

RAIL-surronfrme :envien Specification of Letters Patent.

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To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. CAnnAwAY, a citizen-oiC the United States, residing at St. James City, in the county of Lee, State oi Florida, Ahave invented certain new vand useful Improvements in Rail-,Supporting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention. such as which it appertains to makeand use the same.

The present invention relates to improvementsin supporting devices for railroad rails. and it aims to provide devic'es of the class above referred towhich shall perfectly support the rails andvwhieh, when the rails are in place will positively prevent them from spreading. or in any other way changing their original position.

With the above and other ends in view, theinvention resides in forming an L-shaped groove or seat in the upperinner corners of the stringers mounted upon the cross-ties, the rails themselves being disposed in the seats so formed.' and held in place therein by fishplates, the attaching bolts for the latter passing completely through the web portion oi the rails and through the stringere.l

The invention will be readily understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, and its preferred ernhodneiitis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, lin which like partis are designated by corresponding reference numerals in the several views.A

Of the lsaid drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a railroad constructed in accordance with the present invention. 1 Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line .2-2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the sh-plates.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the

numeral 5 indicates, generally, -a series of Cross-ties,` which are set into the road-bed in the usual manner,

and are mortiscd at opposite endsvl as shown, the niortised portions being indicatedy the numeral 6.

Disposed within the mortised portions oi the cross-ties are the parallel stringere 7, the upper inner corner of euch of which is cutaway to provide an L-shap'ed seat S, which extendsvfrom end to end-oi the Stringer. The lower face' ofl each .seat lies in a horizontal plane,l and each -stringer is furtherv providedA with a horizontal groove 9, which likewise extends from end to end there- 'of and forms a continuation or inward extension of the seat. The seatsand groovesabove referred to iorm supports for the rails 10, the bases of which rest upon the seats with one flange-e' 'tending into the corresponding groove. `The'ineeting ends of each pair of adjacent rails are connected by a iish-plate 11,'whose uppei` and lower portions lie in different vertical planes, the former fitting against the web portion of the railsI and the latter against the side face of the'stringer. 'In attaching the ish-plates, the upper bolts 12 pass through registering openings i'orined in the rail webs and upper portion of theistringers, while the lower bolts 13. in like manner, fit in openings formed through the stringersi The opposite'v ends of each set of bolts extend beyond the outer side face of the corresponding Stringer, and are engaged at such point with a heavy plate 14.

Owing to Vthe disposition of the rails within the Stringer seats and tothe provision ot the fish-plates, it will befapparent that any lateral movement oi the rails is positively prevented, and that anyv crawling of the rails/is likewise impossible, by reason ofthe extension of the `fish-plate bolts completely through the stringers. The Stringer-s arie treated. subsequent to the formation '-of the seats and grooves, with a preservative composition consisting of creosote and oo aloil, applied thereto in any desired manner. The cross-tiesinay likewise be protected by a casing oi galvanized iron. Y

It will be apparent irom'the foregoing that the rails, when .in place upon the stringere, can have no endwise or lateral movement, and that displacement of the stringers is likewise prevented by reason oi' their disposition in the mortised portions ofthe cross-ties.

What isclaimed, is'd-f' 1 The combination, with a series of cross-ties mortisefl at opposite ends, of parallel Stringer-s fitted in the'mortised portions or' said cross-ties, each Stringer havingY a longitn4 dinal Lshuped seatiormed in its upper inner corner and extending from endto end thereof; rails supported in each ci said seats; and ,a bent fish-plate secured ro the meeting ends of each pair of adjacent rails. the lower portion of each sh-plate lifting-against the inner face of the cori-espending stringerand the upper portion thereof tting against the web portion of thc rails.

2. The combination, with series of crosslies moriised at opposite ends, et' parallel Stringer-s iteil in the niortiser portions of said crossles, each Stringer hiving a long-itu dinal Lshaped seat formed in its upper inner corner, the lower face of said seat lying in a horizontal plane, and a horizontal groove forming an inward extension of said seat, the scat and grofive of each Stringer extending from end to end thereof; rails supported in each ot said seats, the inner tlanges of said rails extending into said grooves; and a bent fish-plate secured to the meeting ends of each pair of adjacent 1ails,.the lower portion of each fish-plate fitting against the inner tace ofthe corresponding Stringer and the upper portion thereof'titting against the web por tion of the rails.

In testimony whereof, I alix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. 'CARRAWAK Witnesses W11. I. PEARDE, A. J. CAnRAwaY. 

